Juvenal and the poetics of anonymity /

"The satirist Juvenal remains one of antiquity's greatest question marks. His Satires entered the mainstream of the classical tradition with nothing more than an uncertain name and a dubious biography to recommend them. Tom Geue argues that the missing author figure is no mere casualty of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Geue, Tom (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Series:Cambridge classical studies.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1578663
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half-title page
  • Series page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication
  • Epigraph
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations, Editions and Commentaries
  • 1 Introduction: Meet Anon
  • 2 Anonymity Programmed
  • 3 The Anatomy of Anonymity: Bodies and Names
  • 4 Shrinking, Slinking, and Sinking
  • 5 Consolation, Isolation, Indigestion
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • General Index